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UMBRELLA STAND.

Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE \V. SKANKS, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE D. EMERY, OF SAME PLACE.

UMBRELLA-STAND.

SPECIFICATEUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 360.365. dated March 29, 1887.

(No model.)

' To all whom it lira y concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SKANKS, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Umbrella Stands, of which the following is a description sufficientl y full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an isometrical perspective view showing the upper portion of my improved umbrella-stand; Figs. 2 and 3, diagrams showing the lock, and Fig. 4 a perspective view showing the guard.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawin s.

Thy invention relates to that class of ulnbrella-stands which are provided with means for looking or securing the umbrella to prevent it from being stolen or misplaced; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the stand; B, the lock; 0, the drip-pan, and D the guard.

Projecting horizontally from the upper portion of the body over the pan 0 there is a shelf, E, in amortise in the outer edge of which the lock B is disposed, as best seen in Fig. 1. The lock consists, essentially, in two arms, m m, a locking-bar, z, and spring f. The arms or are arranged horizontally in parallelism with each other, their rear ends being pivoted at t to the cap-plate l, and their forward ends elongated and extended through a hole, h, in the front plate of the lock, the elongated portions being correspondingly bent or curved to form the clamping-jaws o o, for receiving the handle of the umbrella. The locking-bar z is provided with notches t, for receiving the arms m, and with springs k,which act expansively, for

forcing the barinto engagement with said arms.

vided with a laterally-projecting stud, a, ar-

ranged in such a position thereon that when the key is forced into the lock asufficient distance to detach said bar from the armsm the bar may be held in that position by partially revolving the key and bringing said stud under the plate Z.

Projecting from the body A, beneath the jaws o v and pan O, there is a guard, D, consisting of a stud, 9, provided at its outer end with a large horizontally-arranged ring, y.

In the use of my improvement the key M is inserted in the lock and pushed down onto the bar 2, compressing the springs 70 until said bar is disengaged from the arms m, and then partially revolved to bring the stud a under the plate Z and keep the bar depressed. The top of the closed umbrella is then inserted in the guard D, and its handle forced between the clamping-jaws o, the spring f yielding to permit the jaws to expand and receive the handle, and closing said jaws around the handle after it is inserted. The key is next turned to disengage the stud a from the plate Z, and withdrawn from the lock, thereby permitting the springs k to force the bar upward until the arms m fall into the notches z' andseeure the umbrella in a manner which will be readily obvious without a more explicit description.

The object of the guard D is to keep the umbrella in proper position in the stand, more especially where more than one lock is used in the shelf IE, it being understood that one or morelocks and a corresponding number of guards are to be employed, according to the size of thestand.

The clamping'jaws 1; may be semicircular,

as shown in Fig.- 2,0r elliptic, as shown in Fig. 1, as desired, provided the space between them is sufficient for the reception of the umbrellahandle, although I deem the semicircular jaws preferable.

I do not confine myself to pivoting orjointing the arms m to the plate Z, as they may be pivoted in any other suitable manner; neither do I confine myself to using the socket-piece N, as the springs k may rest directly on the bottom of the mortisein which thelook is inserted, if desired, nor to the use of but one stud a in the key, as two may be employed, if desired. The studs may also be made long enough to strike the arms m and force them apart as the key is turned, instead of opening them by forcing the handle of the umbrella between the 

